Saturday, July 30, 2016

The Revenant

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The Revenant – 5 out of 5

The most heartbreaking thing about
The Revenant is the fact it has the real potential to only be remembered as the
film that finally—FINALLY—won Leo the Oscar that he should have won with
literally any film he’s done in the last decade plus.People will probably forgot the intense
story, the incredible visuals and just how amazing the rest of the cast is
alongside my man Leo (him and I are totes friends, I swear).I think the only other thing they’ll remember
is the bear, I guess.

Is the Academy happy? Leo practically had to kill himself to finally getthat damn Oscar.

In the early 1820s in a region of
America that will one day become known as the Dakotas and the states you only
visit because you wanna see some big ass president heads, a man named Hugh
Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his half-Pawnee son Hawk (Forrest Goodluck) act
as guides for a group of trappers lead by Captain Andrew Henry (Domhnall
Gleeson).After the group is attacked
by some hostile natives looking for a member of their group that was kidnapped,
the group suffers heavy loses and are forced to travel on foot back to their
camp.Soon after this begins, Glass is
mortally wounded by a bear and becomes a burden.One of the trappers; the antagonistic John
Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), believes that carrying Glass’ injured body will only
slow them down and eventually tricks the group to abandon him—but not before he
murders Hawk.Now fueled with revenge
the once believed to be dead Glass crawls and struggles across the wilderness
in order to extract vengeance on the man that wronged him.

I'm tempted to make another Oscar joke.

The Revenant was a film I’ve been
intending to see since I first heard about it because it starred Leo and I will
pretty much seek anything out that this man is doing nowadays.Add to the fact it was directed by the
visionary dynamo director that gave us Birdman and I knew that I had to see the
film.I never got around to checking it
out in the theaters because I’m poor and time became a factor when it finally
was available to rent.However, I’m
kinda kicking myself for not jumping at the opportunity to watch it because I
was absolutely blown away with the film.

I was blown away and also still harbor a massive distrust of bears. I don't careif they help stop forest fires they also take picnic baskets and attackgreat actors!

Nearly everything about this is
simply exquisite.The story, based
loosely on the events of a real trapped named Hugh Glass, was something I found
myself easily investing in and the intensity that it supplied was
absolutely addicting.The
performances—not just from Leo but from everyone like Hardy, Gleeson and Will
Poulter and Forrest Goodluck—are absolutely incredible.Sure, I honestly had a hard time understand
what the hell Tom Hardy was saying most of the movie but his unique vocal
choices help sell the film’s reality and really helped me get completely sucked
into the events that were unfolding.

Is there a role that Hardy can't do?

Finally, one of the most
astounding aspects of The Revenant was the visuals.Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu (who brought
us the equally visual spectacle that was Birdman) not only captured the beauty
of nature in this film but he caught the emotion of Hugh Glass’ journey and all
the hardships the group faced.Iñárritu
made the camera dance as it circles the action in 360 degrees and puts the
viewer right next to the characters.It’s truly a wonder to see the intense action scenes play out in this
format.

"Ugh, and I thought they smelled bad on the outside!"

The only downside I had for the
feature is that, occasionally, the story of Hugh Glass’ journey felt a tad
meandering and like it was losing focus at times.This feeling was very rare in the film and
usually only came during the moments when the adrenaline rush of the intense
scenes died down but there was definitely times where I found myself wondering
if certain particular moments were really that necessary to the plot and story.

Believe me, any dragging moments were incredibly rare.

Beyond a very minor complain that
did absolutely nothing to destroy my enjoyment and complete awe I had of the
movie, The Revenant proves to be just an absolutely amazing film.From a technical standpoint, the film is
gorgeous and amazing.From a writing
standpoint, the film is visceral and intense and, finally, from an acting
standpoint the film is unparalleled.From start to finish and top to bottom, this movie is just unreal and
completely stunning.

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I'm a geek, an atheist (who is also an ordained reverend), a peanut butter and jelly enthusiast, a man who shares the same name with a popular character from "Parks & Rec" and feels he can't live up to the awesomeness of the fictional character, was proudly banned from Reddit, an occasional Shakespearean performer, and a stand up comic.
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